Health vs Hassle

The only problem with clean and healthy eating is that it takes effort and money both. But your and your family's health and fitness is more important. For that you can make effort. Try buying in bulk when organic is available.

I had a bigger house earlier and I kept chicken and grew my own totally organic vegetables. Sadly it is no longer possible and usually not feasible for everyone.

So what you do is the next best thing, go desi. If possible buy from someone who gets desi chicken and eggs from villages. I bought desi chicken from market and realised even that was being fed poultry feed. Then I requested someone to buy for me from villages. Desi eggs I am getting the ones available at Al Fateh.

Mutton and beef generally available in Pakistan is fine. But some people buy goats and get them slaughtered. But I just buy from shops which are hygienic and temperature is controlled.

The vegetables and fruits can be left soaked in water with 2 tablespoons vinegar to clean off pesticides. 

Use olive oil. In diet food you need just a little bit so it is feasible. 

Milk and yogurt, go for the pasteurised ones available in market such as prema, anhar or nurpur. Not the ones with shelf life such as tetra packs. They have preservatives and additives.

Avoid sugars, prepackaged products, starchy foods, avoid all artificial food.

The chemicals in food confuse your body and it stores chemical filled food as fat. Have you noticed as the food has become unnatural, obesity is on the rise. Scientists assumed initially that lifestyle has become sedentary so people have become obese but now when active people who were trying to lose weight found it difficult to do so, it was realised that there is more to this story. 

Nutritionists and doctors today are stressing more than ever on natural foods.

Make this change and see the difference in your health. Spending more money and effort on food is better than spending on medication and healthcare bills! Do you agree on the last bit?